u/personprison

I graduated with a Civil Engr degree some 15 years ago, barely used it for a few construction mngt and technician jobs here and there and a lot of farming/fishing and years of leisure/traveling. For weeks, going onto months, Ive been applying for supposedly low-skill jobs like core-logger or plant operator but so far only got a call back for drillrig assistant which sounds like it may be beyond my physical limits as a beat-up skateboarder, is drill rig assistant really as bad as the internet makes it out to be? I gotta say, I'm really attracted to the condensed hours of the mining industry and it sounds like its common and acceptable for workers to take off six months at a time. Advice?

im looking into mining jobs in nevada and I am wondering if many workers are vanlifers?

from what I have researched, many workers have a 1-3hour bus commute from reno/winnemucca/elko and other workers stay in (shared?) dorms. and it also seems like you cannot stay in your own vehicle/trailer on mining property. what about outside mining property? is there tons of adjacent BLM land you can camp off, or is it just endless barbwire and 'no tresspassing' signs lining the roads leading to the mines? can one just sleep on the side of the road?